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1. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2014 19:58:15 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

   • Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
   Tried #gNewSense in a VM last night. It has Gnome2! My old friend! I'll be wiping my drive and installing later tonight. !fs
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2014 20:11:44 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     • Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
     • firefox
     Seems like a good time to switch to a !FreeSoftware OS, so I can avoid the #DRM encumbered !Firefox
     laurelrusswurm repeated this.
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Friday, 16-May-2014 06:16:19 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     • Ubuntu
     • Trisquel GNU/Linux OS
     • mate
     • Debian
     • gNewSense
     Spent much of the night mollycoddling a !gNewSense install, only to find that my hardware (HP ProBook) …
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Friday, 16-May-2014 06:19:55 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     • Open Hardware
     • gNewSense
     Lesson learned from aborted !gNewSense install? Next time make sure to buy !OpenHardware!
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Friday, 16-May-2014 19:35:00 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     • Trisquel GNU/Linux OS
     Another lesson from my !Trisquel install: 'rsync ~/*' does NOT back up your .hidden files! Looks like th…
   • Eric Duhamel (eric)'s status on Friday, 16-May-2014 20:23:44 EDT Eric Duhamel

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     @bobjonkman I've tried other distros but keep gravitating back to Trisquel. Nothing else quite makes the cut for me.
   • Eric Duhamel (eric)'s status on Friday, 16-May-2014 20:24:25 EDT Eric Duhamel

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     @bobjonkman Did you recently get some new hardware? What parts of it were not open?
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Saturday, 17-May-2014 03:00:52 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     • Self Hosting
     • Trisquel GNU/Linux OS
     • firefox
     And another one: !Trisquel uses Abrowser instead of !Firefox, but with v29 I can no longer add a new bro…
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Saturday, 17-May-2014 03:10:50 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     • Eric Duhamel
     • Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
     @eric My ProBook is only two years old, but I was dualbooting with Win7 (which I don't use much any more…
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Saturday, 17-May-2014 06:57:52 EDT MMN-o ✅⃠

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     How about #Iceweasel? I'm not sure about the nitty gritty details of Iceweasel freeness, but…